GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| progeny | descendants |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| indissoluble | not dissoluble |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| demented | mad |
| outgoing | going away : departing |
| glare | to shine with a harsh uncomfortably brilliant light |
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |
| equable | marked by lack of variation or change : uniform |